5 Things We Learned From Mark Zuckerberg During Day 1 of His Congressional Testimony

The questioning continues Wednesday

This afternoon, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg spent several hours answering questions from dozens of U.S. senators in Washington, D.C. The questions varied from explaining the basics of ad-tech to answering whether Facebook would support bills strengthening privacy laws.

Zuckerberg’s testimony before Congress comes nearly a month after Facebook banned the British data firm Cambridge Analytica after it allegedly improperly accessed the data of as many as 87 million users. Questioning is expected to continue for another couple of hours with another entire day of testimony scheduled for Wednesday before the House of Representatives.

Here are a few of the highlights from Tuesday:

Some lawmakers are considering regulation

Several lawmakers today suggested Facebook might need to be regulated in order to protect consumers’ privacy.

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